Match saver



Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,379.

D F. SHUMAN.

MATCH SAVER.

FILED AUG.29, I922.

Patented Jan. 9, 1923.

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Application filed August 29, isza- Serial No. 584,963.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SHUMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, [have invented a.

new and useful Match Saver, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated.

of matches, to the obvious detriment of'the donor.

The foregoing being understood, it may be stated that the device shown and described provides asimple means whereby safety matches may be dispensed freely and gratuitously without danger that the person taking the matches will remove more than are required for his immediate needs.

Specifically, the invention aims to provide novel means whereby a match box casing may be retained in a match holder securely, but in such a way that when an effort is made to remove the casing from the holder, the casing will not be splintered, and therefore bound in the holder.

Figure 1 shows in perspective, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section on the line of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a holder 1 of box-like form, in-

cluding a body 2 comprising sides 8, ends.

4: and a top 5, a bottom 6 being assembled with the body 2. In the top 5, openings 7 and 8 are formed, the openings being parallel to the sides 3. A main receptacle 9 and an auxiliary receptacle 10 are located within the body 2 and have a common wall 15. Theopening 8 communicates with the receptacle 9, and the opening 7 communicates with the receptacle 10. Openings 11 are formed in the top 5 at the ends of the openings 7 and 8 and are disposed parallel to the ends 4-. The material freed in the dispensed.

formation of the openings 11 may be extended inwardly and downwardly to form resilient converging gripping wings 12.

The numeral 13 designates the tubular casing of a box in which safety matches are In practical operation, the safety matches are removed from their original container and are placed in the receptacle 9. The casing 13 is thrust downwardly through the opening 11, into contact with the bottom 6, as shown in Figure 2, the wings 12 serving to hold the casing in place and serving to reinforce the wall or top 5 along the longitudinal edges of the opening 11, The depth of the holder 1 preferably is such that, when, the match box casing 13 rests on the bottom 6, the attrition surface 14 of the casing will be disposed slightly above the upper surface of thetopo as shown at 16. Owing to this feature, the attrition surface 14 is presented prominently for use, and the upper'su'rface of'the top 5 is not likely to be marred when the matches are struck.

The operator removes a match from the receptacle 9, strikes the match on the attrition surface 145 of the match box casing 13, and

throws the burned match into the receptacle 10. The result is that safety matches, separated from the box on which they may be struck, are not carried away by the user, to no advantage to himself, nor can the user carry away a full box of matches.

it is to be observed that the wings l2 ivhich cooperate to engage the sides ofthe match box casing 13 are located along the longitudinal edges of the opening 11, the re maining edges 20 of the opening being plain and unencumbered, meaning thereby that these edges are not provided with such parts as the wings 12. The result is that the ends of the match box casing 13 are not splintered or broken whenthe casing 13 is withdrawn, and the casing is not bound and held in the holder to an undesirable extent.

What is claimed is A holder of the class described, comprisa body, one wall of which is provided with an opening, the material freed in the formation of the opening being fashioned into inwardly-extended, converging, gripping wings, disposed along opposite edges of the opening andcooperating to engage the sides of a match box casing to hold the casing in the opening, the remaining edges the body when the easing is Withdrawn, the I opening.

of the opening being plain and unenoum- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as bered to prevent a splintering of the ends of my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature the casing and a binding of the casing in; in, the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK SHUMAN;

wings serving to reinforce said well of the "Witnesses:

body along the first-specified edges of the WALTER L. REID,

E. B. STANSHER. 

